Workshop debuts school building plans

7:50 PM,
May 11, 2013

Written by

Adam B Sullivan
| Iowa City Press-Citizen

Closing four elementary schools and building three new ones, along with a new high school, is the most cost-effective plan to deal with overcrowding and aging school buildings in the area, experts hired by the Iowa City Community School District said Saturday.

The district held the first of three facilities master planning workshops Saturday. About 50 members of the public attended the event, reviewing possible building scenarios and offering feedback.

The meetings are part of the district's efforts to devise a master plan for new buildings and upgrades over the next decade. In ...